Free agency doesn't begin for NFL teams until next month. But it's never too early to start thinking about what players at which positions will be possible targets for the Giants and Jets once the doors to the free-agent market swing open.

More than half of the players on the Giants' roster are free agents. So they have plenty of spaces to fill and a good chunk of money to spend. How general manager Jerry Reese decides to allocate his resources, only he knows right now.

The Jets have plenty of salary-cap space to work with, and while there's no telling what they intend to do with all that money, they do have some glaring needs.

We're here to provide our best educated opinions by ranking the free agents by position, and deciding which could be of interest to the local teams. We'll be rolling these out by position over the course of several days.

Jordan Raanan’s take on the Giants: They will likely be monitoring the market for Joseph closely. Even though they’d like to have him back, he’ll likely be too expensive.

If the price is right, expect him to return to the Giants. If not, they may go after a slightly lesser version, with second-year tackle Johnathan Hankins playing a much larger role.

Dom Cosetino’s take on the Jets: Don't expect the Jets to be players for anyone on this list. GM John Idzik has shown he's not above drafting a defensive tackle if he can get the best player available (see Richardson, Sheldon, 2013), but with the D-Line being the team's biggest strength, the only real free-agent question is whether Leger Douzable stays or goes.